This is a guided practice to help you learn how to use deep breathing to reduce stress and anxiety. You will be guided through a series of breathing exercises to help you relax and focus your mind. With practice, you will learn how to use deep breathing to help you manage your stress and anxiety
Diaphragmatic breathing, abdominal breathing, belly breathing, or deep breathing is a breathing technique that is done by contracting the diaphragm, a muscle located horizontally between the thoracic cavity and abdominal cavity. Air enters the lungs as the diaphragm strongly contracts, but unlike traditional relaxed breathing (eupnea) the intercostal muscles of the chest do minimal work in this process. The belly also expands during this type of breathing to make room for the contraction of the diaphragm.